noun
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
• Syn: ↑dating
• Hypernyms: ↑chemical analysis, ↑qualitative analysis
• Hyponyms: ↑potassium-argon dating, ↑radiocarbon dating, ↑carbon dating, ↑carbon-14 dating, ↑rubidium-strontium dating
Useful english dictionary. 2012.